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    Jem’s Analysis Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development reflects on the idea that people’s decisions are based on how they process the importance of a situation. According to his theory, there are three stages of moral development: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. Each level is based on how a person’s reflects to making a moral decision. In each level there are two stages on how their level of sophistication affected their way of thinking. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper

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    “I don’t know how to put this but, I’m kind of a big deal,” said every arrogant person that lived. Urban dictionary defines “arrogant” as “someone who believes they are always right and better than everyone else; conceited; proud.” Humans are naturally arrogant and over the years the quality is either stimulated or dampened. When arrogance is present in large amounts it becomes detrimental to both the person and those around them. Arrogance isn’t a new concept. In fact, Greeks used to believe that

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    the able-bodied person focuses on the physical differences of the disabled individuals. This is made evident in Gowdy’s story, of how Aunt Bea first perceives Julie from afar. Aunt Bea first indicates details about Julie, in referring to her as the “The fat Lord,” then focusing on her “crazy brush cut” or “her funny walk” (9). The minor physical details that ought not to matter is what signified Julie as the disabled individual. However, it is also important that Julie is perceived to be the opposite

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    is better than to fit in, but what good is it to stand out if a person is unfairly judged according to the principles of a cultural mainstream? With this, a person might find themselves trying to fit in by pretending to be someone they are not. Individuals put on a fake identity, in hopes that in doing so, they are given a fair chance to get what they want. Life can be hard for a person who chooses not to play their role assigned to them within their mainstream, as their every action is being judged

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    grocery store. Therefore, the only other way to explain why they would be in just their swimsuits is, that they don’t care that maybe this isn't socially acceptable, and to disregard the universal rules for being a “normal person” sets you apart as an individual. Consequently, the swimsuits are the cause of the conflict for the girls. Because of their swimsuits and lack of coverups they are refused service by the store’s manager. Another piece of evidence of individualism and its negative effects is found

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    Thin Institutions

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    leave a mark on people” written by David Brooks, a ‘thick establishment turns out to be a piece of a man's personality and draws in the entire individual: head, hands, absolute entirety’. David goes on and explains in more detail that an ‘individuals does not utilize instrumentally, to get a degree or to acquire a pay’. In fact, the article touches upon individuals needing to make marks on people lives and not scars, which is the reason why we should avoid thin institutions. In which thin organization

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    debate with the varied viewpoints of others, advocating for intellectual diversity. Mill also argues that, on a societal level, civilized outcomes are accomplished best through a mix of conformity to customs and individual agency to alter social norms. Mill’s arguments establish that individuals, or even isolated groups, are less effective than well-connected, heterogeneous groups; the later works of Putnam and Kwon et al. bolster and extend this truth with specific, contemporary evidence. The limits

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    Some individuals do not realize how privileged they may be, while some individuals’ live in a bubble and thinks that everyone lives lavish or swell like they do. However, this is not the case. In the United States of American there are approximately forty-five million people or in other words there are about fourteen point fiver percent of people who live below the poverty line. That number may seem not that drastic to you, because you may not come from a household that is considered to be poor,

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    accepted in certain situations, and how in reactions to breaking these rules one becomes an outsider. Enforcement of rules is contextual and perception of one’s deviance is measured on a spectrum relative to situational factors. Because of this, some individuals can get away with certain behaviors that others would become pariahs for exhibiting. Becker (1963) serves to emphasize that social rules are not created by society, but instead within social groups: “Societies are not simple organizations in which

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    Defining An Adult

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    Society's definition of an adult can and is very controversial, because society says a person is an adult when that individual reaches the age of eighteen, which is the legal age. The definition that society gives is controversial because, if an individual is not looked at as an adult until the age of eighteen, but can be tried in court at the age of sixteen and up. Societies definition falls apart at this point. Basically, what society is telling us that a person who is out in the world committing

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